17 Related Articles from 2018-11-09

171 kids from separated families are still in custody. Most won't be reunited with their parents.. There are still 171 children from separated families in US custody more than four months after a judge ordered the US government to reunite the undocumented immigrant families it had split up at the border, according to court documents filed Thursday. >>

‘I’m no lady. I’m a member of Congress’: The first women who roared into the House. More than 100 females are slated to be in the U.S. House of Representatives when it convenes in early 2019. That’s a long way from 1917, when the House added its first — a congresswoman who campaigned on horseback. >>

“A biblical view of justice:" Matt Whitaker once said judges shouldn’t have a secular worldview. In 2014 U.S Senate race debate, Whitaker reportedly said judges "must have a biblical view of justice" >>

Alaska man sentenced for faking death to avoid prison term. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A commercial fisherman who faked his death to avoid incarceration for a sexual assault has been sentenced to two and a half years in... >>

Appeals court puts climate change lawsuit on hold. SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A lawsuit by a group of young Americans against the U.S. government for being slow to address climate change is on hold again, after a... >>

Changes to GST top agenda for Senate. Laws to change the way GST revenue is carved up among the states and territories will be the priority for the Morrison government when the Senate sits next... >>

Delaware politicians gather in show of goodwill. Following the nation's rancorous midterm elections, Delaware politicians are gathering for a time-honored, post-campaign ritual to settle their partisan differences, if only for the moment. (Nov. 8) >>

GRAINS-Corn edges lower, set to finish week in positive.... SYDNEY, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures edged lower on Friday, retreating from their highest in more than two months touched in the previous session,... >>

Here's how a controversial voting system will decide a congressional race in Maine. For the first time in U.S. history, a controversial voting system known as “ranked choice” is being used to decide a federal election. It’s happening in Maine, which adopted the system in 2016. Rather than marking a single candidate, each voter ranks them all, assigning a first-place vote, a second-place... >>

Omaha skyscraper evacuated amid fumes, 25 hospitalized. Omaha's tallest building has been ordered evacuated after cleaning solution fumes spread through the building and sent several people to the hospital. >>

Reimagining Norman Rockwell’s America. Seventy-five years after the artist’s “Four Freedoms” series ran in The Saturday Evening Post, a number of artists are reinterpreting it to include today’s more diverse culture. >>

U.S. Republican McHenry to seek senior party post on House finance panel. U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry said on Thursday he was seeking the top Republican position on the House finance panel, and received the backing of a fellow Republican who had been considered the top contender for the role. >>

US sues UBS over alleged crisis-era mortgage securities fraud. UBS was accused of misleading investors about the quality of more than $41 billion of subprime and other risky mortgage loans backing 40 securities offerings in 2006 and 2007, the Department of Justice said. >>